The. Best. Winter. Barn. Gloves. EVER!

[SMF11]

I’m posting this as a public service announcement.

I just got SSG 10 below WATERPROOF gloves that are SO INCREDIBLY WARM I had to share. It was -7 f. this morning when I fed and my hands stayed warm and comfortable. Sometimes a little hot even. I soak the horses’ feed and all my other gloves (and they are also billed as being waterproof) eventually have the water soak through and I feel wet but not these.

I’ve been feeding horses on the farm here in winter for 10+ years and I have never come across gloves that come close to these!

Anyway, I have no connection to these gloves/manufacturer, but I had to let everyone know! (I got mine at Adams Horse Supply and they cost $36, and are worth every penny).

[scheherazadetbmare]

Well rats, I need them! 22 here and I got my wool gloves wet giving water to horses before dawn. My fingers hurt!

[Showbizz]

Yours is the first positive review I’ve heard on these. Even my tack store owner said they weren’t what they claimed as she saw me eyeing them in her store. I do think waterproofness is an extremely handy characteristic to have in barn gloves, so I may rethink them.

[SMF11]

That’s interesting, Showbizz. I haven’t read any reviews, every year I buy another pair of gloves hoping they will be good. From the past couple of years I’ve gotten Schmidt Workwear gloves (from Tractor Supply) and also a ski glove called Zero. The Zeros are pretty warm but after one winter the fingers have holes and they end up having the water soak through by the end of one feeding session. They were also pretty pricey, over $30 from my memory.

The SSG 10 belows are much, much better! (now off to read the bad reviews out of curiosity)

[SMF11]

I can’t quote or edit, but Amazon has them at 4 stars with 67 reviews and Adams has them at 5 stars with 7 reviews, so I’d say my view is shared by others!

[Bluey]

They come in all sizes, which one would work for someone regularly using a Medium in work gloves?
How do you measure for glove size?

[dressagediva22]

I love them!!! The one downside is that with out fail every new pair, I rip the seem on the thumbs… But I still find them worth it, so I just use duct tape around the thumbs after the first week of so!

They are the first truly warm and waterproof glove I have found!

[SMF11]

Bluey, Adams had a sizing chart. You measure around your knuckles. I probably take a women’s medium, and I ordered a size 8. I definitely couldn’t have gone smaller than that, they fit perfectly but I’d imagine a size 7 would be too tight.

[Fruitarider]

I have the same gloves and love, love them! I had to fish icebergs out of the water trough yesterday and my hands stayed dry. The outside of the gloves were soaking wet but it never made it to my hands. I put them in the dryer on low for 20 minutes and they were dry! At first I didn’t like the leash/lanyard on the gloves but have found they come in very handy especially when you need to take off your gloves for something quick and you don’t end up dropping them.

[Bluey]

[QUOTE=SMF11;9002951]
Bluey, Adams had a sizing chart. You measure around your knuckles. I probably take a women’s medium, and I ordered a size 8. I definitely couldn’t have gone smaller than that, they fit perfectly but I’d imagine a size 7 would be too tight.[/QUOTE]

Thank you, will try that, the last cold spell here was hard on fingers.

[Unfforgettable]

I have them and love them!

[rocky213]

i was in Bartville one day looking at gloves and a lady came up to me and pointed them out as the best.gloves.ever. I didn’t buy them because they looked a little bulky and I wanted something with velcro.

She said they lasted longer than most gloves and was raving about them for a good 5 minutes.

[sophie]

I had a pair of these last winter but can’t find them anywhere. They are too bulky for riding but great for barn work. My other gloves always get soaked eventually, not these. I’ve got to get another pair ASAP.

[mroades]

my hands sweat so bad in them that they are useless…sigh

[Lusoluv]

I had the 10 Belows. I didn’t find them any warmer than any other winter gloves - right now I have the Mountain Horse gloves. I did like the fact that they were waterproof in case I had to handle show covered hay bales, etc. But didn’t find them all that warm. I live in the Midwest, so it’s not like I’m in ND or MN, but it’s often 20F or colder here in the mornings. I wasn’t impressed.

[dkcbr]

A friend of mine who isn’t horsey but spends a lot of time outdoors doing field training with her Labs swears by them. So every year I think about buying them, but then I read other reviews that don’t praise them so highly. If they ever went on sale anywhere, I might spring for them but that’s a lot of money on somewhat of a gamble.

It’s funny how different people’s experiences have been with 'em!

[Palm_Beach]

My hands sweat too - can’t wear the big fat warm winter gloves. They end up soaking wet from the inside.

[tabula_rashah]

My favorite is the SSG ceramic glove liners with a pair of the stretchy, rubberized palm gardening gloves over top. Those ceramic glove liners are my “most amazing gloves ever” - besides keeping my hands toasty, I love how my hands don’t ache at the end of a cold day

[cutter99]

My vote is for the 10 Below glove too, but I also love the regular SSG gloves!

[seabreeze]

I love the 10 Below gloves, too, for really cold weather. I can’t wear them if the temperature is above the low 20’s, though, because they are too warm.

Hint: If they get wet inside from your hands sweating, aim a blow dryer in the wrist hole for a few minutes. Works perfectly to dry them out quickly.